Rethink work, life, and leadership through a relational lens and unlock unseen opportunities to heal the divisions threatening our organizations and communities. True leadership begins with the ability to deeply connect with others. In today’s complex world of work, understanding the dynamics of human relationships is not optional; it is essential for thriving and even surviving. In You and We, Jim Ferrell delivers another powerful story in the spirit of his bestselling works Leadership and Self-Deception and The Anatomy of Peace, showing that lasting success depends on our capacity to build and sustain strong personal relationships.

Drawing on decades of research, training, and mentoring leaders, Ferrell provides practical tools to help readers think relationally rather than individualistically, assess and measure their connectivity with others, map the relational field within their organizations, and evaluate connectedness across behavior, attitude, structure, and community. For executives committed to bringing out the best in their organizations and communities, You and We offers an essential guide to mastering connection and driving meaningful, lasting change.

In the face of ecological crisis, economic injustice, and political violence, the moral demands of being a good person are almost too much to bear. In Unbecoming Persons, Ladelle McWhorter argues that this strain is by design. Our ideas about personhood, she shows, emerged to sustain centuries of colonialism, slavery, and environmental destruction. We must look elsewhere to find our way out.

This history raises a hard question: Should we be persons at all, or might we live a good life without the constraints of individualism or the illusion of autonomy? In seeking an answer, McWhorter pushes back on the notion of our own personhood—our obsession with identity, self-improvement, and salvation—in search of a better way to live together in this world. Although she finds no easy answers, McWhorter ultimately proposes a new ethics that rejects both self-interest and self-sacrifice and embraces perpetual dependence, community, and the Earth

MacArthur Fellow and National Humanities Medalist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplexand The Mind-Body Problem, returns with a revelatory book about the primal drive that in our species alone has been transformed into one of our most persistent and universal motivations: the longing to matter. Drawing on biology, psychology, and philosophy, Goldstein argues that this need to matter, and the many “mattering projects” it inspires, lies at the heart of both our greatest achievements and our deepest conflicts. It is the very crux of the human experience.

Goldstein brings this profound idea to life through unforgettable stories of famous and not-so-famous people pursuing their own mattering projects, from ragtime genius Scott Joplin and his devotion to the overlooked masterpiece Treemonisha, to pioneering psychologist William James, who overcame early depression to become a foundational theorist of mattering. She introduces an impoverished Chinese woman who rescued abandoned newborns, and a former neo-Nazi skinhead who once turned to racial violence to feel significant but ultimately renounced hate after realizing that mattering is not a zero-sum game. These portraits reveal how our instinct for significance shapes identity, relationships, culture, and conflict, and they point toward a future in which we recognize that there is, fundamentally, enough mattering to go around. Deeply insightful and decades in the making, The Mattering Instinct is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand why we yearn to matter to ourselves and others, and how this powerful longing might help us finally understand one another.

Breath is at the center of human experience, yet its potential as a tool for healing and development is only beginning to be fully understood. Conscious breathing can shift our physiological, emotional, and cognitive states, offering one of the most direct ways to cultivate presence and integration. Its capacity to support healing, personal growth, healthier relationships, and deeper connection both individually and collectively, remains widely underrecognized.

In this book, breathwork teacher Jessica Dibb explores how integrating breathwork with psychotherapy, coaching, and other wellness practices can expand the scope of transformative work. The text provides inspiration for building a daily breathing practice, along with practical methods, case examples, and guidance for using breathwork in one-on-one or group sessions. Bringing together ancient traditions and modern science, this resource serves clinicians, coaches, facilitators, and anyone interested in the developmental power of the breath.

Buddhism invites the cultivation of a flexible mind and a skillful responsiveness to life—whether we are facing personal challenges or collective issues such as the ecological crisis. Yet in a culture filled with simplified notions of mindfulness and unrealistic ideals of happiness, the deeper meaning of this path can be hard to see. At its core is the practice of embodied aliveness.

In The Path of Aliveness, Zen and Taoist Qigong teacher Christian Dillo offers an approach to meaningful transformation that speaks directly to the needs of our time. Drawing on clear conceptual frameworks and grounded, everyday examples, Dillo guides readers in exploring the interconnection between the senses, bodily energy, thoughts, and emotions. This exploration opens pathways toward reduced suffering and greater freedom, insight, and compassion.

The book presents a secular, contemporary interpretation of Buddhist teachings, including the foundations of mindfulness, the four noble truths, and loving-kindness practice while encouraging practitioners to trust their own embodied experience. The result is an invitation to develop a presence that remains engaged, adaptable, and deeply alive in any circumstance.

In The Extinction of Experience, cultural critic Christine Rosen offers a deeply insightful and wide-ranging examination of how modern technologies are transforming the human condition. With a blend of philosophical reflection, cultural analysis, and storytelling, Rosen explores how convenience and digital engagement are displacing core aspects of our shared humanity.

She identifies key experiences that are being lost or diminished in the digital age—face-to-face conversation, a grounded sense of place, the capacity for boredom and patience, and authentic emotional connection. Through vivid examples, including viral TikTok trends, mukbang culture, sociometric tracking, and the lure of the Metaverse, Rosen illustrates how these shifts are not merely cultural curiosities but signals of a more profound transformation.

At the same time, Rosen’s writing invites hope. She argues that it is still possible to recover what we’ve lost—by reclaiming presence, risk, serendipity, and the irreplaceable texture of real-world human relationships.

A stunning portrait of our vast, dynamic, and mysterious universe, seen through the lenses of astronomy and art.

In Painting the Cosmos, astrophysicist and visual artist Nia Imara brings science and art into conversation to explore the universe and our place within it. Through engaging prose and vivid full-color imagery from cosmic photography to expressive works by artists around the world. She reveals how creativity and curiosity together deepen our understanding of reality.

Imara reflects on how we see the invisible, from black holes to marginalized voices, and invites readers to reconsider objectivity, intelligence, and beauty in both science and culture. With special attention to often-overlooked contributions by women and Black artists, this unique book offers a vibrant and inclusive vision of the cosmos as both a physical frontier and a human story.

This important book explores the essential role of the lived, bodily experience in depth psychological healing.

Drawing on philosophy, neuroscience, infant research, developmental theory, and trauma studies, Barbara Holifield offers a rich and integrative perspective on embodiment within relational psychoanalysis. Through vivid clinical vignettes, she illustrates how attending to the body’s felt sense opens access to implicit relational memory and deep emotional truth. In this way, the body becomes not just a site of symptoms, but a gateway to transformation and meaning.

Holifield reveals how the mythopoetic dimensions of depth psychotherapy emerge through embodied presence, guiding clients beyond symptom relief toward a renewed sense of aliveness and connection.

Written for psychotherapists and clinicians of all levels, this book provides practical principles for engaging the body as a vital source of healing. It will also resonate with anyone interested in the integration of mind and body, including those in the healing arts, movement disciplines, meditation, yoga, and martial arts.